10 Therefore, you kings, be wise;(A)
    be warned, you rulers(B) of the earth.

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Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,(A)
    and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.

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There are those who turn justice into bitterness(A)
    and cast righteousness(B) to the ground.(C)

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12 For I know how many are your offenses
    and how great your sins.(A)

There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes(B)
    and deprive the poor(C) of justice in the courts.(D)

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12 Do horses run on the rocky crags?
    Does one plow the sea[a] with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison(A)
    and the fruit of righteousness(B) into bitterness(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:12 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text plow there

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